What do you say? Let’s take a break from weighty matters of global significance. Even in this time of soaring inflation and plunging stock values, when the price of a gallon of gas may soon exceed the price of a bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape, our absurd president and his stumble-bum minions are providing us with plenty to laugh about!
Item One: This week we learned that the Department of Homeland Security’s musical-comedy Disinformation Governance Board has been “paused,” and that its head, Disinformation Tsarina Nina Jankowicz, has “voluntarily” resigned. Or to phrase it in Standard English, the DGB has been put down like a rabid dog, and Jankowicz has been sacked. The story was broken in the Washington Post by Twitter nosebleed and all-around heinous human being Taylor Lorenz, who lamented that Jankowicz and the DNC succumbed to a disinformation campaign launched by the “far right.”
Let us pause to savor the pure idiocy of this claim that the Biden Administration, intimidated by far-right disinformation, shelved the very entity that it created to fight disinformation. No, Ms. Lorenz, no! The DGB and its commissar were canceled because the idea of Big Brother dating Mary Poppins was simply too terrible to contemplate…
Item Two: Yesterday President Biden, exhibiting the lightning-fast reflexes that have made him the envy of all who know him, invoked the Defense Production Act in response to the baby formula shortage that’s been driving American families with infants up the wall. The White House also announced plans for a baby formula airlift—from where to where was not specified.
Now of course these measures are PR stunts, and they give off the odor of flop sweat. Though the President himself demurred—he’s no mind reader!— Administration officials speaking on background claim that the baby formula shortage has been on their radar screen for quite some time. And this raises a question: Then what the hell have you been doing about it?! The answer seems to be: Nothing much. So Biden & Co. are now saddled with an avoidable crisis that they’ve thoroughly bungled—hence the aimless flailing. Isn’t it great how things have been going since the adults took charge in January 2021?
Item Three: Incoming White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has been highly touted as a world-historical figure: the first black female lesbian to occupy the post. And if we’re being honest, the rather mediocre Jen Psaki wasn’t a tough act to follow. She may have possessed hidden talents, but if so being fawned over by the lapdog White House press corps was never likely to bring them out.
Ah, but I do sense something Machiavellian in Psaki’s promotion of Jean-Pierre: One always looks better when one’s replacement proves to be a dud. Yes, I know, early days and all that, but when FNC’s Peter Doocy asked Jean-Pierre a question that surely she ought to have anticipated, her answer was positively wince inducing. The question (I paraphrase): President Biden has said he’ll fight inflation by raising taxes on billionaires. How would that work? The answer: [static—white noise—word salad]. Jean-Pierre looked and sounded like a hung-over grad student caught out by the prof in a seminar. And believe me, I know what that looks and sounds (and feels) like—!
There! Now don’t you feel better? We may be laughing past the graveyard of our hopes and dreams—the sky may be falling—the End Times may be upon us—but at least we’re laughing! So thank you, President Biden!
Why did the Abbott Sturgis plant shut down?
According to Abbott testing has failed to show ANY cronobacter in ANY product including unopened containers from the homes of the w children who died. According to the inspection report 2 surface samples of cronobacter were found during the inspection, neither in areas that contacted product. Also, the cronobacter found was not the same one found in the children. The only identical cronobacter found was on the outside of a distilled water bottle.
Contamination found were found during a cleaning cycle. The other two items were people were observed not properly walking through a boot wash station and cracked metal not in contact with production. In other words, the deficiencies could have been fixed by cleaning, documentation of cleaning, and procedures to used on cracked metal until replaced. Do that tonight and send us a letter.
Why was the plant shut down? And why was the whole thing conducted with no sense of urgency.
My government (not) at work.